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Report: Economic Gains for Blacks Reversing

Released by the Economic Policy Institute (EPI), a report, "Reversal of Fortune: Economic Gains of 1990s Overturned for African Americans From 2000-07," examines how employment rates, homeownership gains, increased poverty rates, and crime have contributed to a reversal that took place between 2000 and 2007. Even though there was economic growth from 2000 to 2007, the benefits have been concentrated among the very wealthy of Americans, the EPI report states.

A New Curriculum for HBCUs

In interview with Editor-In-Chief Derek T. Dingle, Education Secretary Arne Duncan discussed the president’s new program to make college affordable, his plan to reverse PLUS loan rejection and what it will take to advance innovation at HBCUs.

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